The 2005–06 Divizia B was the 66th season of the second tier of the

Romanian football league system The Romanian football league system, also known as the football pyramid, refers to the system in Romanian club football that consists of several football leagues bound together hierarchically by promotion and relegation. The first three leagues ar ...

. The format has been maintained to three series, each of them consisting of 16 teams. At the end of the season, the winners of the series promoted to

Divizia A The Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1, is a Romanian professional league for men's association football clubs. Currently sponsored by betting company Superbet, it is officially known as the SuperLiga. It is the country's top ...

and the last six places from all the series relegated to

Divizia C The Liga 3, most often spelled as Liga III, is the third level of the Romanian football league system. Its name was changed from Divizia C to Liga III before the start of the 2006–07 season. It was the first in this format (six series of 18 t ...

. A promotion play-off was played between the runners-up of the Divizia B series to decide the fourth promoted team. A special ranking was made between the 10th place teams of every series and the team with the worst ranking in this standing was relegated, as well. These changes in promotion and relegation rules were made because starting with the next season,

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Team changes

To Divizia B

Promoted from

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* Portul Constanța *

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Poiana Câmpina Poiana Câmpina is a commune in Prahova County, Muntenia, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Bobolia, Pietrișu, Poiana Câmpina and Răgman. The commune is located in the western part of the county, northwest of the county seat, Ploieșt ...

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* CFR Timișoara *

Minerul Lupeni Clubul Sportiv Viitorul Minerul Lupeni, commonly known as Minerul Lupeni, is a Romanian football club based in Lupeni, Hunedoara County which competes in Liga IV – Hunedoara County, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. Estab ...

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* Gloria II Bistrița *

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** Relegated from

* Apulum Alba Iulia * FC Brașov * FC U Craiova

From Divizia B

Relegated to

Tricotaje Ineu Club Sportiv ACB Ineu, commonly known as ACB Ineu, or simply as Ineu, is a Romanian football club from Ineu, Arad County, Romania and currently playing in Liga IV – Arad County. Originally founded in 1920 as Victoria Ineu, the club was bett ...

** * Internațional Pitești** *

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* Building Vânju Mare * Oașul Negrești * Unirea Focșani * Oltul Slatina * ACU Arad * Politehnica Timișoara *

Rulmentul Alexandria Club Sportiv Municipal Alexandria, commonly known as CSM Alexandria or simply as Alexandria, is a Romanian football club from Alexandria, Romania, founded in 1948. It plays in the Romanian Liga III and is one of the most important football clubs ...

Corvinul Hunedoara Clubul Sportiv Corvinul 1921 Hunedoara, commonly known as Corvinul Hunedoara or simply as Corvinul, is a Romanian football club based in Hunedoara, Hunedoara County, currently playing in the Liga III. Founded in 1921 under the name of ''Fero Spo ...

Promoted to

FC Vaslui CS Sporting Juniorul Vaslui (), commonly known as Sporting Vaslui, Juniorul Vaslui or simply as Vaslui, is a Romanian professional football club based in Vaslui, Vaslui County, founded in 2002 and re-founded in 2014. The club is currently playin ...

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Note (**)

sold its

Divizia B The Liga 2, most often spelled as Liga II, is the second level of the Romanian football league system. The league changed its name from Divizia B just before the start of the 2006–07 Liga II, 2006–07. It is currently Sponsor (commercial), sp ...

place to

. Internațional Pitești sold its

place to

Astra Ploiești Asociația Fotbal Club Astra Giurgiu (), commonly known as Astra Giurgiu or simply Astra, was a Romanian football club based in the city of Giurgiu, Giurgiu County. Founded in 1921 in Ploiești as ''Clubul Sportiv Astra-Română'', it spent the m ...

, club which split from Petrolul Ploiești, after only one season since their merge. CS Deva sold its

place to Corvinul 2005 Hunedoara, an unofficial successor of

, club which was dissolved at the end of the previous season.

Renamed teams

''Altay Constanța'' was moved from

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Medgidia Medgidia ( or ; historical Turkish names: ''Karasu'' or ''Carasu'', ''Mecidiye'' or ''Megidie'') is a city in Constanța County, Northern Dobruja, south-eastern Romania. History Archaeological findings show that Dobruja was inhabited since th ...

and renamed as Altay Medgidia. ''FC Oradea'' was renamed as Bihor Oradea. ''CSM Reșița'' split from the merge with FC U Craiova, which second team was in the last season of the third tier and was renamed as

League tables

Seria I

Seria II

Seria III

Promotion play-off

In the following season, the

Liga I The Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1, is a Romanian professional league for men's association football clubs. Currently sponsored by betting company Superbet, it is officially known as the SuperLiga. It is the country's top ...

was expanded from 16 teams to 18 teams, therefore the

Romanian Football Federation Romanian Football Federation (), also known by its acronym FRF, is the sports governing body, governing body of association football, football in Romania. They are headquartered in the capital city of Bucharest and affiliated to FIFA and UEFA sinc ...

decided that a promotion playoff group would be played at the end of the season, between the second placed teams from each series of the Liga II, in order to establish the fourth promoted team (in exchange to the two teams relegated from the Liga I). The winner of this group,

Unirea Urziceni Asociația Sportivă Fotbal Club Urziceni, commonly known as FC Urziceni (), is a Romanian professional Association football, football Club (organization), club based in Urziceni, Ialomița County which currently plays in fourth division, Ialomi ...

, promoted to the Liga I, along with the three winners of the series.

Possible relegation

At the end of the season, a special table was made between 10th places from the 3 series. The last team in this table was also relegated in the

Liga III The Liga 3, most often spelled as Liga III, is the third level of the Romanian football league system. Its name was changed from Divizia C to Liga III before the start of the 2006–07 season. It was the first in this format (six series of 18 t ...

. In this table, 10th place teams are included without the points obtained against teams that relegated in their series.

Top scorers

;18 goals *

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( Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț) ;14 goals *

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) ;8 goals *

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Lucian Itu Lucian Itu (born 8 September 1978) is a Romanian footballer and manager who is currently under contract with Metalurgistul Cugir. In his career Itu also played for teams such as Minerul Lupeni or Inter Curtea de Argeș. Honours Player ;CSO Cu ...

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János Székely János József Székely (born 13 May 1983) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a right winger. Career Born in Timișoara of Hungarian heritage, he started his football career with local club Politehnica Timișoara, where he played ...

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) ;7 goals *

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) ;5 goals * Claudiu Ionescu (

Dacia Mioveni Clubul Sportiv Mioveni (; ''Mioveni Sports Club''), commonly known as CS Mioveni, or simply as Mioveni, is a Romanian professional football club based in Mioveni, Argeș County, currently playing in the Liga I. They were founded in 2000 as ''A ...

) * Radu Neguț (

FC Sibiu FC Sibiu was a Romanian professional football club from Sibiu, Sibiu county, founded in 2003 and dissolved in 2007. Honours Liga II: *Runners-up (1): 2004–05 Liga III: *Winners (1): 2003–04 League history Notable Managers * Jean Gavril� ...

) ;4 goals * Mircea Bornescu ( FC U Craiova) * Laurențiu Buș (

) * Daniel Stan ( Bihor Oradea)

References

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